Skybox Ink made our way to the PIAexpo 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center on February 25. The event boasted a wide variety of printing and related industries. It was a great place to check out the best new paper stocks, coating options and everything innovative happening in the printing industry. A huge theme echoed throughout the event was eco-friendly printing, and we were happy to spread the word about Skybox Ink’s use of green materials such as recycled stocks and soy/vegetable based inks.

Skybox had the chance to meet with Adam Hale of Blend, a well-branded printing company who prides themselves on exceptional digital printing. As we got to chatting about coating options and elaborate branded materials, Hale pointed us in the direction of Creative Coatings, a company in San Diego that specializes in unique coating treatments.

We also stopped by the Mohawk Fine Papers booth and picked up some of their latest samples, as well as In To Ink Letterpress, which had some truly beautiful invitations and envelopes. They describe their letterpress work as:

“having a look and a mystique that is not able to be replicated on an offset press. There is texture and dimensional feel to many letterpress projects. There is also the opportunity for the project to be more of a hands-on crafted piece. We strongly encourage any of our clients utilizing our letterpress department to be press side during the creation of their project. This allows a fine tuning to your desired look.” Courtesy of intoink.com

Skybox Creative participated in a Going Green to Save Some Green Business Seminar on November 13 hosted by NAWBO’s San Diego Chapter (National Association of Women Business Owners). The event, part of NAWBO’s seminar series, included a presentation by Christine McDannell, owner of Cleanology (green cleaning services) and Adopt A Christmas Tree, which is a program that offers alternative solutions to cutting down Christmas trees.

Many good tips were passed around by those attending, including using an eFax or a scanner to get around using excess paper, saving energy by using natural light when possible and bringing a lunch to avoid to-go waste. Other ideas that might take a little more extensive work included altering your business accounting practices: receiving and paying for bills electronically, and limiting paper waste by having all accounting files as electronic pdfs on a computer and back up drive.

Skybox Creative shared our green business – Skybox Ink – a fully-automated printing website that uses recycled stock, chlorine free paper and soy and vegetable inks for printed materials, but still upholds high-quality standards. Skybox Creative and Skybox Ink are also going to be hosting a Green Business Mixer on Thursday December 17, from 7 – 9pm at Se San Diego downtown. It will be an opportunity to connect eco-savvy businesses and those looking get involved in the green movement. It will also be the first in a quarterly series! For more information, contact info@skyboxcreative.com

Greenwala is a Philanthropic company focused on harnessing the power of a community to create opportunity for people to “Go Green” and improve their lives. They believe that every individual has the power to foster change. Through that belief that they feel that the Greenwala community will be the destination for those wishing not to just Green their lives but to improve the lives of those around them.

Greenwala has created a contest called “What’s your story?” They have teamed up with helpareporterout.com. They want your help identifying stories about the most amazing eco-friendly, environmentally-conscious companies, products and services on the planet.

All of our friends + GREEN advocates, please vote for our Green Printing company! http://www.greenwala.com/greenwala_contests/all/7-What-s-Your-Story/entries/mine/565

If you wish to enter, submit a photo of the company (product, logo, or representative image) and a description – up to 500 words about how it is helping to reduce our impact on the planet and revolutionize the green economy. The story that gets the most votes will win a $500 Amex Gift card — and a featured article about the company, product or service on the Greenwala blog.

Greenwala is planting an additional tree for each entry with Trees For the Future. For information or to enter click here.

Winner will be selected from the top 10 vote getters by Greenwala.com editiorial staff.

Skybox Ink, Green Printing San Diego, has started off with a bang!

The newest division of Skybox Creative, www.skyboxink.com, was recently announced at our third year anniversary mixer celebration. No doubt it has come at a good time, nowadays more and more people are becoming conscious of making earth friendly decisions. Thank goodness! This has always been a topic very close to my heart, so I am especially proud to launch a sub-division of Skybox Creative that offers green printing products. Not only are we becoming more eco-friendly, we are offering our products at insanely low introductory wholesale pricing for a limited time!

We use soy and vegetable based inks and Zero VOC solvents on ALL of out printing jobs in order to reduce air pollution and improve employee safety. The following paper stocks can be upgraded to our “Go Green” paper for no additional cost: 100# Gloss Text, 100# Gloss Cover, 14pt C2S Gloss Cover, 70# Uncoated Text and 110# Classic Crest Cover.

To learn more about our green printing process, click here to learn more: http://www.skyboxink.com/green

Here is just a short list of products and prices currently available on our Green Printing website:

3.5 x 2 14PT Business Cards Gloss Cover, Full Color 4/4, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 1,000 $28
3.5 x 2 14PT Business Cards Gloss Cover, Full Color 4/4, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 2,500 $50
3.5 x 2 14PT Business Cards Gloss Cover, Full Color 4/4, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 5,000 $64
3.5 x 2 14PT Business Cards Gloss Cover, Full Color 4/4, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 10,000 $120
3.5 x 2 14PT Business Cards Gloss Cover, Full Color 4/4, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 20,000 $225

4 x 6 14PT  Postcards, Full Color, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 1,000 $54
4 x 6 14PT  Postcards, Full Color, 2-Sided UV, Quantity 5,000 $149

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San Diego’s award-winning web design firm, Skybox Creative, is excited to announce the launch of its latest addition – Skybox Ink – a full-service printing website offering wholesale prices to the public! Customers can purchase high-quality, eco-conscious printing materials, such as business cards, brochures, labels, door hangers, catalogs and much more!

Printed on recycled stock with vegetable/soy inks, and Zero VOC solvents, the products from skyboxink.com are the solution to upholding quality print standards while still keeping our planet’s future in mind. Our printing facilities are located in Southern California, but we ship printing products nationwide!

Combined with our design expertise, Skybox Creative and Skybox Ink can be your company’s one-stop-shop for web design, branding and print needs.

Please visit skyboxink.com to view all of our exciting printing products, which also include large format and trade show options! For all other inquiries, please contact info@skyboxcreative.com

Skybox Ink, the newest division of Skybox Creative is introducing cost effective Green Printing Options!! We offer printing products you can feel good about; high quality recycled + chlorine-free paper combined with soy/vegetable based inks for the same price as traditional printing prices! We are running INSANE Summer Specials that won’t last long, so go green and save some green! Email us for more information or to place an order info@skyboxcreative.com